Health care costs are a top financial worry among families in the U.S., especially those without health insurance, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll. That’s why the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is working to ensure that every Michigander who needs health insurance has the information […]
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Plastic chemicals linked to $249 billion in US health care costs in 2018 alone, study says
Forever. Chemicals including P fa S, phenols and parabens are all around us and enter our bodies through ingestion. These chemicals are prevalent in food and beverage packaging, cosmetics, textiles and water with over 200 million Americans likely exposed through drinking water. Huffpost highlights that few regulations exist to curb […]
The Top Healthcare Stocks to Buy With $100
To succeed in investing over time, you don’t have to start with an enormous amount of money. Today, you can get in on plenty of promising players with less than $100. In many cases, these shares are overlooked now but have what it takes to advance over the long term. […]
Market likes AI technology for advertising, not health care
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday shared what he learned from his two days at JPMorgan‘s health-care conference. He marveled at the myriad of uses for generative artificial intelligence in health care, but concluded that Wall Street is more concerned with using that new technology for advertising. Cramer told investors that […]
CA lawmaker proposes ending health care for undocumented
A child holds up a #Health4All poster at an event about expanding Medi-Cal coverage to undocumented children at Clinica Sierra Vista in Fresno in 2016. SILVIA FLORES Fresno Bee file Days after California became the first state in the nation to offer Medi-Cal to all low-income undocumented residents, a Republican […]
Healthcare Investing in 2024 | Nasdaq
One of the most popular picks among analysts and fund managers when asked about sectors that will do well in 2024 is healthcare. The logic for that pick is indisputable. Healthcare fell behind the broader market last year so will be a beneficiary of the kind of broadening that we […]
Generative AI Reshapes Healthcare: 3 Stocks in Limelight
Within the field of artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI is rapidly transforming the healthcare sector. Generative AI models are able to create new data instances that bear a striking resemblance to real healthcare data by utilizing sophisticated machine learning methods. These cutting-edge methods have the power to completely change a […]
Follow CEOs at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday told investors what to watch for on Wall Street next week, highlighting JPMorgan‘s market-moving health-care conference in San Francisco. Taking place from Monday to Thursday, the conference is one of the year’s largest gatherings of major industry CEOs where they reveal earnings guidance and updates […]
US healthcare bankruptcies soar as costs mount
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A record number of large healthcare companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last year, underlining the industry’s struggles with problems ranging from rising costs to falling patient numbers and […]
Morgan Stanley positive on managed care in election year
Panuwat Dangsungnoen/iStock via Getty Images With Congress ratcheting down saber-rattling over broader healthcare reforms into 2024, Morgan Stanley has taken a more constructive view on the managed care and retail pharmacy space, mainly due to the biosimilar/GLP-1 opportunity. However, the analysts led by Erin Wright highlighted the implications of rising […]
Mile High Behavioral Healthcare wants to keep Coloradans safe from overdoses this New Year’s Eve
Mile High Behavioral Healthcare wants to keep partygoers safe from overdose Mile High Behavioral Healthcare wants to keep partygoers safe from overdose 02:09 Lots of people will be dancing the night away Sunday night at Decadence Colorado — a music festival in Denver — and harm reduction specialists will be […]
Mask mandate reinstated at Los Angeles County healthcare facilities
Amid a significant rise in respiratory illnesses, all Los Angeles County healthcare facilities have reinstated a mask mandate. The order is in direct response to a rising number of COVID-19 infections leading to hospitalizations and deaths, officials said Saturday. The county’s number of COVID hospital admissions officially entered the CDC’s […]
Record number of Americans have signed up for Obamacare this year, HHS says
A record number of Americans have signed up for health insurance through Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces this year, according to early data published by the Biden administration this week. More than 15 million people have enrolled in 2024 coverage under the ACA — often called by its nickname, Obamacare […]
5 Leading Healthcare Companies Fight for Market Share in the $100 Billion Weight-Loss Industry
A doctor looking at a tablet with another person. The anti-obesity drug market could be worth $100 billion by 2030, according to analysts from Goldman Sachs. It’s a mammoth market and one that looks to be heating up with a growing number of large healthcare companies showing interest in the […]
Private equity is buying up health care, but the real problem is why doctors are selling
Who owns your doctor’s office? More and more often nowadays, the answer is a private equity firm — a type of investment fund that buys, restructures, and resells companies. Over the last decade, private equity firms have spent nearly $1 trillion on close to 8,000 health care deals, snapping up practices that […]
Victoria to offer free healthcare to those who have fled Israel-Gaza war | Victoria
People fleeing the Israel-Gaza war will receive free healthcare under a Victorian initiative, amid calls for other states to follow suit. The state’s health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, will on Saturday announce people fleeing the conflict – who aren’t eligible for Medicare due to their visa – will be able to […]
Republican Presidential Candidates on Health Care
On the Issues Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Health Care The Republican presidential candidates all oppose the Affordable Care Act, though not all of them have indicated that they would try to repeal it. Confronting a health care system that is much more expensive than those of other wealthy […]
Esperion to Participate in 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Esperion (NASDAQ: ESPR) today announced its participation in the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Sheldon Koenig, President and CEO, will deliver a corporate presentation on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 2:15 PM PT (5:15 PM ET). The […]
Healthcare Startups Investors Say Will Take Off in 2024
Conceivable Life Sciences The Conceivable Life Sciences team. Conceivable Life Sciences Picked by: Aike Ho, an investor and a partner at ACME What the company does: Using robotics, computer vision, and other technology, Conceivable is automating the in-vitro-fertilization lab process to reduce errors and costs. Funding raised: $20 million Number […]
Sole Chattahoochee healthcare clinic officially closes
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Fla. (WCTV) – The only healthcare clinic in Chattahoochee has officially closed its doors as of Friday. “Effective December 15, 2023. Brian Ham, APRN will no longer see patients at the office of HCA Florida Capital Medical Group – Chattahoochee” reads a sign placed on the front doors of […]